PM94605: BIGINSIGHTS 2.1 FILES TAB INFORMATION DETAILS USES NUMBER OF DIRECTORIES AND FILES AS THE SIZE.

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APAR status

Closed as program error.

Error description

Directory size is displayed in the Size column of the
File/Directory details table. The BI 2.0 release shows the size
of the directory as the sum of its contents including
sub-directories and files. For the BI 2.1 release, the directory
size is shown as the total number of sub-directories and files
contained by the directory selected. Therefore, user cannot tell
the size of a directory on the Files tab anymore for the BI 2.1
release, due to the change of behavior.

Local fix

Use Hadoop fs command to check the file size.
Option1: A user with the BigInsights Data Admin role can run
Hadoop FS command "hadoop fs -du /<full_path_of_dir>" from the
command line prompt on the Files tab, to display a list of
sub-directories contained and their size in bytes.
Option2: User with SSH access to the BI Console node of the
cluster can also SSH to the BI Console node and then run the
same command as the BigInsights Administrator User (biadmin by
default)